2+ week, 4+ day ago   (161+ words) A new initiative is aiming to address Mississippi’s maternal health crisis and improve outcomes for mothers across the state. The University of Mississippi Medical Center is partnering with the Mississippi Public Health Institute to create the center for optimizing maternal…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (665+ words) Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers are resuming billing Medicaid for services other than abortion after being cut off for most of a year. The defunding, which was mandated in President Donald Trump’s big tax and policy law…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (587+ words) People who distribute, or intend to distribute, abortion-inducing medication in Mississippi could face a criminal charge and up to 10 years in prison if convicted, under a bill lawmakers are sending to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. Lawmakers added restrictions on abortion-inducing…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (399+ words) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported that 649 mothers died in 2024 during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. That is down from 669 deaths in 2023, and a continued drop from 2022 and 2021 — when it was the highest level in…...